BCL activist arrested for rape in Benapole
Police yesterday arrested an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League for allegedly raping an eighth-grader girl in Jashore’s Benapole on Saturday.
The arrestee is Shangram Hossain, 23, an activist of Benapole Municipality Unit BCL, said police.
The victim’s father filed a case against three people on Saturday night in this regard, said Mamun Khan, officer-in-charge of Benapole Port Police Station.
According to the case statement, Shangram’s 17-year-old sister Mukta was a friend of the victim. Mukta took the victim to her home on Saturday morning. She then pushed the victim inside a room and locked it from outside.
Shangram, who was already in the room, then raped the victim and fled the scene. Hearing the victim scream, locals rushed to the spot and rescued her, the case statement added.
The victim was sent to Jashore General Hospital for medical tests, the OC said.
Meanwhile, all the family members of Shangram, including Mukta, went into hiding after the case was filed, said the OC, adding they were leaving no stone unturned to arrest all the accused.
2 SENT TO JAIL IN ANOTHER RAPE CASE
Meanwhile, a Gazipur court sent two youths to jail for their alleged involvement in raping two sisters and recording footage of the rape scene in the district’s Sreepur upazila.
The accused are Abdur Razzak, 35, and Azizul Haque, 25, both residents of Sreepur’s Noagoan village.
One of the two victims, with help of locals, filed a case with Sreepur Police Station on Saturday night, said Akhter Hossain, inspector (investigation) of Sreepur Police Station.
According to the case statement, the accused interrupted the victims when they were going to a local furniture shop on September 30. They then took the girls to Razzak’s house at gunpoint and raped them multiple times.
The accused recorded the rape scenes and threatened the victims to share the footage on social media if they shared their experience with anyone. They then released the victims. Later, discussing with locals, one of the victims went to police station and filed the case, added the case statement.
Police then conducted raids and arrested the accused, said the OC.
The victims were sent to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital for medical tests, he added.
Our Benapole and Gazipur correspondents contributed to this report
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